Fastener for gloves



(No Model.)

' W. S. RICHARDSON.

PASTENER FOR GLOVES.

No. 573,188. Patented Dec. 15, 1896 .7 Z J z g of a pronged fastener.

UNITED STATES I PATENT ()FFICE.

WVILLIAM S.-RIOHARDSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

"FASTENER FOR GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,188, dated December15, 1896.

Application filed March 19 1896. Serial No. 583,882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. RICHARD- SON, a citizen of the'UnitedStates, residing at Boston, in the county of'Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFastenersfor Gloves, 1

of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of 7 and supported so that it forms the exposed portionof the opening to the socket, as well as the yielding part thereof, andas to its attachment the socket member is devised so that it may beattached to the garment or fabric with which it is used by driving andwithout requiring the removal by the punching of a hole therein toreceive any portion of the fastening device.

I will now describe the invention in connection with the drawings,where- Figure 1 is a view in plan of a blank of which the wire holder isformed. Fig: 2 is a view in plan of the wire section of the socketmember. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation thereof. Fig. 4: is a View insection of the wire holder partially formed from the blank representedin Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents in section the holder and wire assembledtogether. Fig. 6 is a view in plan of the said parts so assembled. Fig.7 is a view in plan Fig. 8 represents the wire section and its holderupon one side of the material or thing to which it is to be attached andthe fastener on the other. Fig. 9 represents the said parts as securedeach to said material,and Fig. 10 represents the socket member asengaged by the ball member.

The socket member, as represented, has three parts: first, the wiresection A; second, its holding or retaining plate B, and, third, thefastening O. The wire section A is the part which forms the exposedmouth or entrance to the socket and also provides the socket member withits yielding and graspv curved s rin sides a at which to ether form p z:a a

a yielding ring or socket entrance, and also to provide at one end ofthe ring the connected ears a and at its other end the disconnected earsa These ears extend lat erally in an outward direction from the ends ofarms which are inclined outwardly from the plane of the ring, and theyafford means whereby the yielding ring or socket entrance is brought andheld in its exposed position in relation to the outer surface of theholder B. The ears a a serve to lock or secure the ring to the holder bylapping upon the inner surface thereof.

It will be understood that the sections a a obtain their yieldingrelation to each other because of the connected or closed ears a, theend of the closed ears being a fulcrumpoint upon which the yieldingsides or sections open and close, and this movement is permitted becausethe ears (t are disconnected.

The holder B has ahole Z; of a size a trifle larger than the innerdiameter of the annular portion of the wire, and it is belied insomewhat, so that its surface I) is upon a line with or slightly belowthe outer surface of the ring. In other words, it forms a shallow cupfor the wire ring, the wire ring being upon the outer or exposed sideand the ears being upon the innerside. (See Figs. 6 and 9.) This cup ismade of sheet metal. Its outer edge is drawn or folded inward to producethe flange 17 Its central section is formed or struck up to provide theanvil b by Which the prongs of the fastener are turned and caused toextend beneath the flange. This inner section 13 also serves, inconnection with the fastener, to compress the material and so form it orshape it as to provide room for the ball within the socket-entrance.(See Fig. 10.)

' I prefer to employ a fastener like that rep resented in Fig. 8 andconsisting of an annula-r plate 0, having fastening-prongs c, preferablyformed from the metal of the plate by turning down sections thereof fromits center to the position represented in said figure,

where they are shown as parallel with each other and extending from theinner edge of said ring or plate 0. i A fastener of this description maybe driven through the material without removing any part of it, and itsprongs are so spaced and of such length that they will enter or piercethe fabric or material to which the member is to be secured and will beturned by the point-turning anvil of the holder B beneath its flange band will thus serve to draw the said anvil-section 12 against thematerial as well as fasten the holder .and p I would not be understoodas confining myself, however, to this socket-section in place.

will be understood, also, that by making the wire ring the exposed monthto the socket a ball with a shorter shank can be employed than instructures which inclosea wire retaining device within a holding-plate.

Having thus full y described my invention,

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1.In a fastener of the character specified, a socket member having theentrance to the socket and the ball-grasping device formed of wire asspecified, and provided with offset ears adapted to secure it to aholder in a manner to locate the said entrance and grasping device inthe opening of said holder or upon the outer side thereof, as and forthe purposes specified.

2. The combination of the wire socket-entrance and ball-gripping devicehaving ears or, a .;arranged in relation thereto as specified, theholder B with which the said Wire section is combined as set forth, thesaid holder having an inclined central section and flange (2 as and forthe purposes specified.

3. In combination with the holder B having the conical section or anvilb and the flange 17 arranged in relation to the anvil or conical sectionas specified, the wire socketpiece attached to the holder B by ears asindicated, and a driving-fastening to engage said holder, as and for thepurposes descri bed.

WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, J. M. D-OLAN.

